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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyPhilip Burton THOMPSON, Jr.
(1845-1909)
THOMPSON, Philip Burton,
Jr., a Representative from Kentucky; born in Harrodsburg,
Mercer County, Ky., October 15, 1845; attended the common schools
and the University of Kentucky at Lexington; during the Civil War
entered the Confederate Army at the age of sixteen and served
throughout the war; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866
and commenced practice in Harrodsburg; was city attorney of
Harrodsburg 1867-1869; was appointed in 1869 and subsequently
elected Commonwealth attorney for the thirteenth judicial district
of Kentucky, serving until 1874; reelected in 1874 and served until
1878, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress; elected as
a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth
Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885); chairman, Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of War (Forty-eighth Congress);
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884; moved to
New York City and resumed the practice of law; died in Washington,
D.C., December 15, 1909; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery,
Harrodsburg, Ky.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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